Not too long ago, I spent some time reviewing FinalCutsMedia5, a site centered on visual storytelling, branding, and certainly prioritizing audience connection. Coming back to it, what I believe still stands out most is the clarity of its original purpose. From the get-go, the site had a strong sense of… Continue reading
I’ve published one more original piece on the site: “The House Beneath the House.” It’s a short story about grief, accumulation, and the terrible discovery that rock bottom occasionally has a basement. If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you already know I’m interested in rhetoric, memory, and… Continue reading
I’ve added a new article to the site, and it’s one of my favorite kinds of pieces. It’s part rhetorical analysis, part digital autopsy, and part “why does the internet solidify our forsaken digital footprints like this?” The new essay, “Why the Internet Remembers in Fragments,” uses a bizarrely specific… Continue reading
Because it would be stupid and hypocritical to talk about it without having one for the brand. And yes, there is now a Contact page for your convenience. A small but deeply modern update from the digital trenches: I’ve officially created two social media profiles for the site: one on… Continue reading
Short note here! I added a (hopefully) easy-to-follow instruction page to the site for anyone trying to set up analytics on an FIU MyWeb WordPress site without losing their will to live halfway through the process. It walks you through connecting Google Analytics through MonsterInsights in 12 steps, with the… Continue reading
There’s a new piece up on the site: “Journey Through the Limbic System.” Which, yes, does sound a little like the title of a cursed science fair project or an elective you accidentally take at 8:00 a.m. and never emotionally recover from. But I promise it’s more interesting than that…. Continue reading
Good news. This website now contains moving pictures of me speaking. And the crowd is… mildly interested!! aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaaaaa Bad news: That means I’ve crossed the invisible threshold between “writer with a website” and “person who uploads videos to the internet.” There’s no going back now. Eleven-year-old me isn’t so… Continue reading
If you’ve poked around the rest of this site recently, you might’ve noticed something new. “But what, pray tell, are you barking about?” you might be asking. There’s now a Gallery Page featuring visual snippets from my book-in-progress, Scrolls & Screens: An Odyssey Through the Ages of Rhetoric. Yeah, that… Continue reading
What Life Is Strange taught me about rhetorical responsibility If you’ve already read my full review of Life Is Strange, you know I think it’s less about time travel and more about sacrifice. If you haven’t, you can read it here → Life is Strange is Not About Time Travel… Continue reading